“Dad”
My Guiding Light
Seven years have gone bye
But who counts stars in the sky
Or the passing blue moons
Waving shadows upon blue lagoons
A waterfall’s pool of liquid joy
Shimmering memories, of when I was a boy
I shiver from yesteryear’s leftover rains
And there will always be a deep river in my veins
Dad, you were a brother and best mate too
And your ever-loving spirit guides me through
Ivor Steven (c) July 3rd 2022
whether you’re a rock
or a rolling stone
under this thunder-dome
we all need to pause
to let life’s storms pass
dry off the gathering moss
relax upon the carnival grass
and enjoy life’s fairy floss
Ivor Steven © June 2022
My poem over on ‘Go Dog Go Cafe’s’ Throwback Friday is “Astronauts to the Rescue” from Novemder 2019
Today’s poem is one I wrote back in November/December 2019, at a time when bushfires were raging across vast areas in every Australian State …
Astronauts to the Resue
The night sky’s hazily stark
Black space debris fills the dark
No bright street globes are in sight
What happened to the starry, starry night?
No faerie lights, nor sparkle dust
Only smoky charring of the earth’s crust
Rescuing astronauts were sent into the atmosphere
They were last seen drifting pass Jupiter
Will they ever stop fighting the desert crusades?
Modern lifeguards are still lying about those charades
Of ravaging the forests, and sinking refugee boats
While Negroes from the Ivory Coast are only eating burnt toast
Ivor Steven (c) Nov/Dec 2019
G’day, and welcome to my blog site. My name is Ivor Steven, I live in Geelong, Australia. I’m an ex-industrial chemist, and a retired plumber, and a former Carer…
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Last night I attended the Geelong Writers Inc. monthly dinner/get together, which also featured the Book Launch of their new bi-annual Chapbook, Anomaly Street, and if you read the photo/scans attached below, you will understand my excitement of being selected in this outstanding collection of poetry with a difference, that creates jolts for flatlined minds ..
This is how my poem appeared in the Chapbook
Ivor Steven © July 2022
Give me shelter
From this daily war-zone
Throw me a blanket
Anything!
To protect my wilting petals
I am cold and lonely
I am tired and hungry
I am scared
Do not let me wither away
Help me
My brothers
The sunflowers
Are war torn too
Do not leave us
Please save us
Give me shelter
From this hard rain
Throw me your shadows
Anything!
To remove the thorns in my side
I am the last living rose
Do not forget me
Throw me an anchor
Anything!
To reground my ancient roots
Before I am blown away
Ivor Steven (c) June 2022
Hello readers and followers, you are most welcome to participate in our new format from “Go Dog Go Cafe”, which is being organised by Donna Matthews, an interesting format of writing a “Haibun”, so read all about how to write a Haibun, and you are all welcome to join us at Go Dog Go Cafe, and post your articles here on “Haibun Wednesdays” …by clicking on the link at the bottom of this article >>
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Autobiographical poetic prose accompanied by haiku.
Bruce Ross
In his old age Basho, who may be credited with establishing the haiku form, undertook a long journey to the remote regions of northern Japan, fully expecting to die before completing it. He did complete the journey, and his record of it has become a classic of world literature and an example, in the broadest sense, of haibun, autobiographical poetic prose accompanied by haiku.
– Journey to the Interior, American Versions of Haibun, Edited by Bruce Ross
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Last week when I was visiting Eugenia’s fabulous site >> https://amanpan.com/2022/06/23/my-journey-thrives/
she introduced me to a Poetry Format, called a “Mariannet”, and I thought I would try to write one … The mariannet is an isosyllabic rhyming poem, consisting of one or more five-line stanzas (quintains) with one syllable in the first line, three in the second, nine in the third, six in the fourth, and eight in the fifth and final line. The first two lines rhyme with each other, and so does the third and fourth, but the fifth is nonrhyming and does not rhyme with any other lines. Thus its rhyme scheme can be expressed as aabbx for each individual quintain (with x representing the nonrhyming line). In Moore’s original formatting of the form, the third and fourth lines were indented five spaces and the fifth ten spaces. … Below is my fun Mariannet,
The Featured Image Above, and the photo on the left below, and from Derrick Knight’s fabulous site >> https://derrickjknight.com/2022/06/24/too-close/
Faerie Runnels
Brave
The dark cave
…..Chase the faeries down the tunnel
…..Find their magic runnel
……….A hidden spring full of sparkle
Dare
Be aware
…..Sip from their bubbling fountain of youth
…..One nip of ancient truth
……….And your dreams will turn into dust
Ivor Steven © June 2022
Hello dear readers and followers, I now write for “Coffee House Writers” magazine on a fortnightly basis, and my poem“Endless Seams”, is in this weeks edition of Coffee House Writers Magazine. … please click on the link below to read my poem, at Coffee House Writers >> https://coffeehousewriters.com/endless-seams/
Ivor Steven (c) June 2022
Here is a poem I wrote 2 years ago after Trumps devisive and undemoncratic tactics during his USA election campaign … but “today” for a different invasion of “injustice” my poem seems to be appropriate again ….
“To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.”
Nelson Mandela
“If you want to improve your quality of life and the quality of life for all women, never stop questioning society or calling for change.”
Justina De Pierris
Lost, Without a Compass
Ivor Steven (c) June 2022
Dear readers and followers, here’s a great opportunity for your writings to be read by other writers, and also to find and meet other writers. You are very welcome to participate, come along and visit our writer friendly site…..by clicking on the link at the bottom of this article >>
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